Friday Night Lights
The movie Friday Night Lights follows the football season of the 1988 Permian Panthers of Odessa HS in Texas. In Texas, where football reigns supreme (especially high school football), small town life revolves around how the area high school football team does. A scene in the movie that best illistrates this is when a few players including the quarterback, Mike, are eating at a local drive in and are approached by several men asking if "they'll bring the state title back to town." The pressure put on the players is also put on new coach, Gary Gaines, as he tries to restore the teams dominance.
The film also follows the sad tale of Boobie Miles. Boobie, who was the go to guy for the Panthers the previous season, was on his way to a full ride at his choice of school and a great season. Before the season started he suffers a knee injury keeps him sidelined the rest of the season.
Football back in the late 80s and ealry 90s was a brutal beast. Not to mention, football in Texas is just a different beast. The movie accuratly portrays how violent and the on field attitudes players have.
I am a little biased but I give the movie a 5/5. The ending of the movie is probably the saddest ending of any movie because I lived that.
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